Jessica

Direction and origin of the name

Jessica is a female first name of Hebraic origin. On the etymology of this first name, there are two assumptions

the Hebrew Yiskah (יִסְכָּה), girl's name of Haran
coming from Jessé, first name of the father of David in the Old Testament.

This first name means " a présent" in Hebrew, but one can find other translations, like " Yahvé regarde" or " God est".

Alternatives

French: Jessika, Jessica, Jessyca

French diminutives: Jess, Jessie or Jessy

English diminutives: Jessy, Jess, Jesse (to be noted that these the last two diminutives are also male first names)

Popularity of the name

At the United States this first name arrived number 1 of many times in years 80/90, and remains in signal 30 until 2006. In France it is less frequent, and knows a moderate decrease.

To the beginning of the year 2006,67.606 Frenchwomen carried this first name. JESSICA is the 151e first name more allotted XXe century, and positions in 145e position for the year 2006. From 1900 to our days, its record year of attribution is 1982, with 5.172 births.

Jessica like first name

Jessica not being a first name of Christian origin, it does not have the holy one and thus is not in our calendar. Nevertheless the Jessica celebrate on November 4th.

Stars fore-mentioned Jessica

Jessica Mark, singer French.
Jessica Abel, scenario writer and dessinatrice of American data base.
Jessica Alba, American actress.
Jessica Hakes, American actress.
Jessica Simpson, singer and American actress.
Jessica Walter, American actress.
Jessica Steck, professional South-African tennis player.
Jessica Williams, American pianist and organist of jazz.
Jessica To grip, actress, singer and auteure of books for children.
Jessica Biel, American actress.

Characters of fiction

Jessica Atréides (Jessica Lady) is the concubine of the duke Leto Atréides.
Jessica is one of heroins of the Adventures of César and Jessica.
Jessica Trevor is a character of Resident Evil, it is the woman of George Trevor.
Jessica Reeves is a character of the Queen of Damnés and Chronicles of the vampires.
Jessica is the woman of Roger Rabbit in the film " Who wants the skin of Roger Rabbit? " , it is one toons.
Jessica Fletcher is a writer/detective in the Arabesque television series.
Jessica Lovejoy is the girl of the reverend of the town of Springfield in the series Simpson, Bart cracks for it, but it is a true small plague.
Jessica/Niki Sanders is a heroin of the American series Heroes, interprêtée by the actress Ali Larter

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